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Options 'Giveback' Settlements Could Become Trend
Defense and plaintiffs lawyers are pointing to the recent settlement of a stock-options backdating case, which featured options "givebacks" from executives, as a model likely to be followed in similar cases. The settlement of a derivative case involving Family Dollar Stores, and 13 current and former executives and officers, calls for four executives to relinquish 210,000 unexercised options. Both plaintiffs attorneys and defense counsel seem to be open to the idea of such givebacks becoming a trend.How Law Firms Are Warming Up to the Internet
Not long ago, firms settled for the minimum -- just to have a Web site with attorney biographies and practice descriptions was enough. But law firm marketing directors and managers have since realized that visitors to their sites want more; they value informative Web experiences, and they're disappointed by bland or frustrating design. It's a fine balance: neither blind with too much dazzle nor lull into sleep.Y2KO'd: Unisys Damage Suit Voluntarily Dismissed
Remember the Y2K hysteria? Although it failed to live up to the hype, the real fallout of Y2K was the cost of upgrading computer equipment. Naturally there were lawsuits -- generally in the form of corporations seeking to recover upgrade costs under their insurance policies. But now the lawsuits are becoming part of the past as well. Last month, Unisys Corp. quietly dropped its suit after two years of intense litigation.The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.Brenda W. Walker ("Walker"), Stanley G. Laborde ("Laborde"), and Lawr
U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JP Morgan Chase: Andrew E. Tomback Milban, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Winnick: Terry N. Christensen
Options 'Giveback' Settlements Could Become Trend
Defense and plaintiffs lawyers are pointing to the recent settlement of a stock-options backdating case, which featured options "givebacks" from executives, as a model likely to be followed in similar cases. The settlement of a derivative case involving Family Dollar Stores, and 13 current and former executives and officers, calls for four executives to relinquish 210,000 unexercised options. Both plaintiffs attorneys and defense counsel seem to be open to the idea of such givebacks becoming a trend.Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys
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